[larrys]

"same Turning Award winners to a basketball court and have them run through some plays. See if they start asking questions like, "OK, I go left here, but what if someone is setting a pick, should I switch?" or do they nod their head..."

My experience has been that people are centered around feeling special in a few areas. Something outside that area they don't have an issue with appearing to be stupid. In fact they seem to almost embrace that. I'm sure you've run into plenty of "smart" people (say your Doctor) that say "I'm really bad with computers."

So my theory would be that the further away from their area of expertise a person would be more likely to admit they know nothing and ask a question.

I would even say that the asking of questions follows a bell curve.

If you are an expert, no fear.

If you know nothing no fear.